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. Shaving g No. 229,067. Patented June 22, I880.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES K. WILLIAMS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHAVIfiG-CUP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,067, dated June 22,1880.

Application filedOctober 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES K. WILLIAMS, of Kansas City, in the countyof Jackson and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shaving-Cups, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the ac companyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved shaving-cup,whereby the soap used in the same is prevented from being wasted and theentire cake of soap utilized; and the invention consists of acup havingthe interior bottom surface thereof provided with a series ofupwardly-projecting points or pegs adaptedto receive and hold the soapplaced thereon, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedshaving-cup, with the side broken away to more clearly show the interiorconstruction, and Fig. 2 is a top-plan view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of my improved shavingcup or mug, which may be constructed of any suitable material, theinterior bottom surface, B, thereof being provided with a series ofupwardly-projecting points or pegs, a, as shown in the several f ures,said points or pegs being arranged at such distances apart as to be bestadapted to receive and hold the soap placed thereon.

It may be observed that by the use of the common shaving-cups the soapplaced therein, when worn down very thin, soon becomes broken in tosmall pieces, which stick to the shavin g-brush and are thrown away asbeing worthless; but by means of my present invention the cake of soap,being placed upon the points a, gradually settles down to the bottom ofthe cup as the soap becomes softened by the action of the water placedtherein for shaving purposes, and the points to retain the soap upon andbetween them until thelast particle of the soap is taken up by theshaving-brush.

The advantages of my invention will be readily apparent without a moreminute description, inasmuch as it combines in its construction andoperation a high degree of utility and economy with a ready adaptationto the purpose contemplated.

I am aware that dishes having points on their inner surface for thepurpose of preventing meats from changing position during the process ofcarving are old, and I do not wish to be understood as claiming such aninvention broadly; but

What I do claim as new and useful is- As a new article of manufacture,the hereindesc'ribed shavingcup, having the interior bottom surfacethereof provided with a series of points or pegs, a, to retain and holdthe soap placed therein, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

U. K. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

'1. S. DENISON, J. P. FITZPATRIOK.

